God’s Word Translation
Psalms 16:7
7I will praise the Lord, who advises me. My conscience warns me at night.
Psalms 16:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
- New International Version (NIV)I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
Context of Psalms 16:7
5The Lord is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny. 6Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me. Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful. I will praise the Lord, who advises me. My conscience warns me at night. 8I always keep the Lord in front of me. When he is by my side, I cannot be moved. 9That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices. My body rests securely
Read all of Psalms 16Psalms 16:7 word by word
אֲבָרֵ֗ךְ אֶת־יְ֭הוָה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְעָצָ֑נִי אַף־לֵ֝יל֗וֹת יִסְּר֥וּנִי כִלְיוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 16:7
- Psalms 73:24With your advice you guide me, and in the end you will take me to glory.
- Psalms 119:7I will give thanks to you as I learn your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
- Proverbs 8:14Advice and priceless wisdom are mine. I, Understanding, have strength.
- Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of advice and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
- Isaiah 48:17This is what the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says: I am the Lord your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.
- Isaiah 50:4The Almighty Lord will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage weary people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.
- Psalms 73:21When my heart was filled with bitterness and my mind was seized ⌞with envy⌟,
- Jeremiah 12:2You plant them, and they take root. They grow, and they produce fruit. They speak well of you with their lips, but their hearts are far from you.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions.
- Revelation 2:23I will kill her children. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds. I will reward each of you for what you have done.
- Psalms 17:3You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
- Psalms 22:2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer— also at night, but I find no rest.
- Psalms 42:8The Lord commands his mercy during the day, and at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 63:6As I lie on my bed, I remember you. Through the long hours of the night, I think about you.
- Psalms 77:2On the day I was in trouble, I went to the Lord for help. At night I stretched out my hands in prayer without growing tired. Yet, my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 119:55At night I remember your name, O Lord, and I follow your teachings.
Commentaries on Psalms 16:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Who hath given me counsel - Jesus, as man, received all his knowledge and wisdom from God; Luke 2:40-52. And in him were hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. My reins also instruct me - כליותי kilyothai, reins or kidneys, which from their retired situation in the body, says Parkhurst, and being hidden in fat, are often used in Scripture for the most secret workings and affections of the heart. The kidneys and their fat were always to be burnt…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I will bless the Lord, who hath given the counsel - Probably the reference here is to the fact that the Lord had counseled him to choose him as his portion, or had inclined him to his service. There is nothing for which a heart rightly affected is more disposed to praise God than for the fact that by his grace it has been inclined to serve him; and the time when the heart was given away to God is recalled ever onward as the happiest period of life. My…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8God's guidance gives life (Psalm 16:11; see 5:8; 23:1–3; 32:8; 73:24). The psalmist relies on the Lord for strength and joy, feeling God's presence beside him (Psalm 16:11; see 73:23; 109:31; 110:1, 5; 121:5). Peter quoted Psalm 16:8–11 in his sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:25–28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. God is the chief good, and supplies all need (De 10:9). portion of mine inheritance and of my cup--may contain an allusion to the daily supply of food, and also to the inheritance of Levi (De 18:1, 2). maintainest--or, drawest out my lot--enlargest it. Psa 16:7 carries out this idea more fully.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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